Using Stem Cells to Study the Nervous System
NewsNYSCF – Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Dr. Gabsang Lee and a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University recently reported that a type of lab-grown human nerve cells can partner with heart muscle cells to create contractions.
Many promising new drug candidates fail in clinical trials due to nervous system side effects. Published in Cell Stem Cell, these induced pluripotent stem cell-derived nerve cells will enable new research on disorders affecting the nervous system, including replicating patients’ diseases in a dish, as well as improved drug candidate testing.